The most important thread, ever: How fresh does elk poop have to be for flies to swarm all over it?

[RTR]

Title says it all. This could change the course of my hunting career.

 

[wytx]

You'll have to pick it up to see if it's still warm.

 

[Tod osier]

You'll have to pick it up to see if it's still warm.

Not true, you can stick your finger into it a lot of the time. .

 

[Ucsdryder]

Slime or no slime?

 

[!BobO]

Fresh enough that most of the flies still like it!

 

[Poser]

The real question is what are those green flies doing before fresh turds hit the ground? Where are they hanging out and how do they get there so fast? Are they just hanging out somewhere waiting for shit to hit the ground? How far away can they smell it, how far can they fly inside of 45 seconds? If two piles of turds hit the ground at the same time, do they divide their efforts?

 

[Chordeiles]

The real question is what are those green flies doing before fresh turds hit the ground? Where are they hanging out and how do they get there so fast? Are they just hanging out somewhere waiting for shit to hit the ground? How far away can they smell it, how far can they fly inside of 45 seconds? If two piles of turds hit the ground at the same time, do they divide their efforts?

Enquiring minds want to know....

 

[Gerbdog]

Need an armchair biologist in here for these important questions

I'll propose a theory that the flies don't actually exist in reality until the shit hits the ground, thereupon, they are born into existence, existentially tied to the pile of shit, and when the shit reaches a certain age the flies simply disappear from existence.

 

[FLAK]

Often wondered the same. Drop a deuce in the woods and in a matter of
SECONDS there's a Green Fly strafing my butt.

 

[Poser]

Often wondered the same. Drop a deuce in the woods and in a matter of
SECONDS there's a Green Fly strafing my butt.

Drop a shit at 13,000 feet and they show up just as fast. Presumably they weren’t “hanging out” at 12,000 feet for a large mammal to take a shit.

 

[Poser]

Need an armchair biologist in here for these important questions

I'll propose a theory that the flies don't actually exist in reality until the shit hits the ground, thereupon, they are born into existence, existentially tied to the pile of shit, and when the shit reaches a certain age the flies simply disappear from existence.

But if this were true, then you’d have flies come into existence in your bathroom

 

[Gerbdog]

But if this were true, then you’d have flies come into existence in your bathroom

Are you implying they don't????

 

[Jauwater]

It's amazing how well they are at their job, and so willing! Well done green flies!

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[bgbuck153]

The real question is what are those green flies doing before fresh turds hit the ground? Where are they hanging out and how do they get there so fast? Are they just hanging out somewhere waiting for shit to hit the ground? How far away can they smell it, how far can they fly inside of 45 seconds? If two piles of turds hit the ground at the same time, do they divide their efforts?

this made me literally laugh out loud. You had to have been sitting on a toilet to come up with all of that. I applaud you.

 

[bgbuck153]

I make it a point each time to glance back at 2 things.... how big was my trophy log and if a greenie has found it yet. I’m generally impressed by both

 

[Bubblehide]

This thread is useless without pictures.

 

[MTSasquatch]

Title says it all. This could change the course of my hunting career.

If you lick it and it can still smear across your tongue, it’s fresh enough.

 

[Nickofthewoods]

I'll propose a theory that the flies don't actually exist in reality until the shit hits the ground, thereupon, they are born into existence, existentially tied to the pile of shit, and when the shit reaches a certain age the flies simply disappear from existence.

Interesting theory. I'll propose that time affects flies much more slowly than humans, meaning that - to you - it may seem like the fly found your shit within seconds to you dropping it, but it took days (in fly time) to sniff it out like a Vulture finds a carcass. Does Einstein's Theory of Relatively apply here? Smart People what you say?

 

[Mt Al]

This topic is indeed a quandary. No flies materialize when a human deucer is dropped in the toilet, but is that because of the water therein? Green flies appear on human deucers dropped on terra firma as if they were there all along, waiting for it to arrive.

With elk, I haven't seen flies on old turds whereas I have seen flies on turds that are new, but of unknown "exact" age.

Time to fund a PhD in wildlife biology to study this.

MTSquatch has it right in the mean time - streak it across your tongue for checking temperature and smear-ability.